The Ultenic T10 is a newer robot vacuum that wants to go a step further in automating your cleaning schedule. Not only does it promise all the usual automation and smart features, but it can even self-empty its dust bin.
Crazy? Too ambitious? Perfect? We got our hands on a review unit to see if it can live up to the hype.
Smart home design
- Modern design
- Bulky tower
- Easily accessible
The Ultenic T10 vacuum looks slick, and the white finish gives it that extra futuristic appeal that you don't always get from glossy black gadgets. That might be an issue for some people, since it won't blend in quite as well, but it immediately looks striking straight out of the box.
Unlike similar vacuums, the T10 has a pretty large charging stand. That's entirely due to the self-emptying feature, since it has to have somewhere to put that dust. That tower houses a removable disposable dust bag that sucks up the debris from the vacuum's latest runs, and you pop it out every so often to replace it. Much easier than manually emptying the vacuum every day.
It's fairly standard fare otherwise. There's are a couple buttons on the top of the vacuum for turning it off, recalling it to its home location, and pausing cleaning. Bumpers and lasers and cleaners are all over the vacuum to help it navigate your home without smashing into anything.
Clunky app
- App is difficult to navigate
- Annoying UX
- Lacking features from other vacuums
I've reviewed and used a couple different robot vacuums from different brands. I don't have particularly high expectations, since I know these apps are quickly put together and translated into English. I understand that, and I'm generally pretty forgiving as long as the functionality is there. Unfortunately for Ultenic, it's not really there.
Right away it struggled to download the latest firmware update. It connected just fine over WiFi and everything seemed fine, but the firmware update section just kept disconnecting and failing. It did eventually kick through after closing the app a few times.
Actually getting into the app didn't really help things. The room mapping features were pretty sparse, which is a big problem for me since I try and keep the vacuums from getting into certain rooms of the house. It also doesn't seem to be able to differentiate between rooms like some competitors, so you're just getting one big map and you get to sort through it manually.
I tried to run an initial scan of the entire house, which is, again, pretty common on other models, but the T10 doesn't seem to support it. Deleting the currently saved map just crashed the app, but I eventually just had to let it run a full cleaning and figure out the layout from that initial run. Wasn't a pleasant experience, and the interface is clunky enough to navigate without needing to dig through things.
Hits and misses
- Effective vacuum
- Aggressive mapping
- Dust bin feature is flaky
There are some big perks to this particular vacuum. It's got plenty of suction, which is great for carpets, and it supports a mop attachment so you can get it loaded up to handle your hard floors and kitchens and bathrooms. It'll handle pet fur easily, and the massive 5200mAh battery is good for 280 minutes of cleaning on a single charge. Sadly I don't have a house big enough to fully test that, but knocking out my living space only drained about 10% of the battery, so I can believe those claims.
It obeys virtual boundaries pretty well, and it's efficient. It's got some quirks, though.
While setting it up I noticed that it tries to re-situate itself into its charging base more than once. Even while it's fully docked and charging, it still moved away from the wall a bit to go right back into the dock. Strange, but not a huge deal on its own.
Once it started vacuuming it just kept up with the strange behavior. This thing is incredibly aggressive, which is uncommon for higher-end robot vacuums with more sophisticated laser systems. This thing managed to ramp up on my guitar pedalboard more than once, and it bumped into things more frequently than other vacuums do. Even after that initial run it just seemed like it was ready to bump into things.
When it came time to empty into the dust bin, it also immediately struggled. The first attempt failed, saying that the tube needed to be cleaned despite being set up right out of the box. Manually emptied the vacuum's dust bin, let it run again, and everything seemed to fix itself, but again… just weird.
Worth it?
- Powerful vacuum
- Inconsistent
- Expensive
Floating around $500, the Ultenic T10 is a very tough sell. It does do some things very well, like a very effective vacuum system that can hurdle small obstacles and inclines, and when it works, it'll save you a few extra cleaning tasks every week. Who doesn't want a vacuum that cleans up the room and cleans up after itself?
If it was more consistent, it would be an easy recommendation. But with the mediocre app and inconsistent vacuum behavior, this one's a tough sell at its current price.
Ultenic T10 Vacuum | $519/ | Amazon/ Amazon UK
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